Microsoft Outlook – hints for setting up your email 

First Time Accounts

Open Microsft Outlook

  1. Skip the Wizzard setup. When Outlook opens, go to Tools on the menu bar and open Email Accounts - click Next.
  2. Click "add a new e-mail account" and click Next.
  3. Check the spot for Pop3 as your server type and click Next.
  4. Fill in all the appropriate boxes with your name, user name, password, etc. If you are using a TCOE account, your server information for both Incomming and Outgoing mail will be the same -dubakella.tcoek12.org
  5. When your information is filled in, click Test Account Settings. If no error messages come up, you can click Next, and you are done. If you get an error, go back and double check all your information. Most problems are related to user name and password.

 

To hear a sound when new mail arrives:

  1. Open your email and click Tools from the tool bar.  Go to Options, and then to Email Options.
  2. Put a check in the box next to “Display notification message when new mail arrives.”
  3. Now click the Advanced E-mail Options button. Put a check in the box next to “Play a sound”.  Also put a check in the box next to “Show an envelope icon in the system try”
  4. Click Ok when you’re done and close the dialog menus.

 

To change your stationary (how your page looks):

  1. Open your email and click Tools from the tool bar.  Go to Options, and then to Mail Format.
  2. Click Stationary Picker under Stationary and Fonts
  3. Choose the stationary style that suits you - click OK when finished.

 

Create a signature for all your emails:

  1. Open your email and click Tools from the tool bar.  Go to Options, and then to Mail Format.
  2. At the bottom of this menu, you will find Signature.
  3. In the box next to Signature for New Message, type your name and title.
  4. Do the same thing in the Signature for Replies and Forwards box.
  5. Click the Signatures tab to view your signature